On Feb 2, 2012, at 1:52 PM, // ravi wrote:
> On Feb 2, 2012, at 12:50 PM, Wojtek S wrote:
>> As far as liberals and lefties are concerned, these tend to belong to
>> or come from the upper middle class fractions (professionals,
>> academics, artists, etc.) whose social status is built on individual
>> meritocratic contributions (work) ...
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> I think that alone — meritocratic success — would explain the leftist when it comes to generosity or sociability. Why collaborate, etc, when you have a track record of beating everyone else in the room?
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> However, my own experience (when it comes to gregarious, polite, etc; I don’t know about generosity) has been mixed.
The guy who organizes cruises for both The Nation and National Review says that the talent on The Nation cruise is nastier than the NR talent, but the crowd on The Nation cruise is nicer.
Doug